MOTORSPORTS | Double delight for Arya Singh as he wards of senior teammate Diljith
The Hindu
Arya Singh of Dark Don Racing achieved a double win in the LGB Formula 4 class at the 26th JK Tyre National Racing Championship in Coimbatore. Despite T.S. Diljith's best efforts, Arya kept his cool to take the checkered flag in both races. Arjun S. Nair, Joel Joseph and Jamie Jamshed Shaw won the JK Tyre Novice Cup, while Md. Samuel Zubair, Jagadeesh Nagaraj and Abhishek Vasudev won the JK Tyre Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup.
Arya Singh of Dark Don Racing completed a sweet double in the LGB Formula 4 class on the opening day of round two of the 26th JK Tyre National Racing Championship at the Kari Motor Speedway circuit here on Saturday.
The focus was on championship leader Tijil Rao. The young gun from Dark Don Racing was expected to fire on a rather hot day. But his teammate Arya did one better from the start.
Starting from P3 in the opening race, Arya had the race under his control despite the best efforts of his senior teammate T.S. Diljith, who did gain the lead only to lose it midway through. The safety car arrival added to the pressure for Arya but he kept his cool when it mattered most to take the chequered flag.
The second race was as good as the first. Dilijth turned on the heat for the most part, but Arya cashed in on the safety car arrival to take the lead and, with it, score a delightful double.
The results (provisional): LGB Formula 4: Race 1: Arya Singh (Dark Don Racing) 21:21.356; 2. T.S. Diljith (Dark Don Racing) 21:22:914; 3. Ruhaan Alva 21:26.671.
Race 2: 1. Arya 22:09.690; 2. Diljith 22:10.104; 3. Ruhaan 22:11.147.
JK Tyre Novice Cup: Race 1: 1. Arjun S. Nair (Momentum Motorsports) 15:04:770; 2. Joel Joseph (DTS Racing) 15:06.532; 3. Jamie Jamshed Shaw (Momentum Motorsports) 15:09.944.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.